Western Expansion

Question 0

The _________ occurred from 1815 to 1820, directly after the War of 1912.

Answer 0

“Great Migration”

Question 1

Boone’s trail through the Cumberland Gap was called the ___________.

Answer 1

Wilderness Road

Question 2

___________ took three hundred families to establish the first Anglo colonies in Texas.

Answer 2

Stephen Austin

Question 3

J. H. Tunstall and Company and L. G. Murphy and Company were two rival cattle companies involved in the ____________ Cattle War in New Mexico.

Answer 3

Lincoln County

Question 4

The ___________ was the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

Answer 4

“Old West”

Question 5

During the War for Independence, ___________ financed his own expedition against the British and their Indian allies.

Answer 5

George Rogers Clark

Question 6

_________ was the name of the Indian guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Answer 6

Sacajawea

Question 7

Captain __________ conducted a second exploration of the Louisiana Territory that followed the Mississippi River two thousand miles north into Minnesota.

Answer 7

Zebulon Pike

Question 8

Major ___________ explored the land near the Red and Arkansas Rivers.

Answer 8

Stephen H. Long

Question 9

__________ and ___________ were “mountain men” who helped explore the West.

Answer 9

Jedediah Smith; Jim Bridger

Question 10

__________ always carried his Bible and rifle with him and has sometimes been called the “Knights in Buckskin.”

Answer 10

Jedediah Smith

Question 11

General __________ was a dictator of Mexico during the Texas War for Independence.

Answer 11

Santa Anna

Question 12

_________, _________, and __________ were three famous colonels who died defending the Alamo.

Answer 12

William Davis, James Bowie,… Davy Crockett

Question 13

The victory at the Battle of San Jancinto gave Texas its independence from ________.

Answer 13

Mexico

Question 14

Brigham Young led the ________ party to the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

Answer 14

Mormon

Question 15

The discovery of ______ in California greatly accelerated America westward expansion.

Answer 15

Gold

Question 16

When there was no law, citizens on the western frontier formed __________ committees.

Answer 16

Vigilance

Question 17

The Homestead Act gave ____ acres of free land to homesteaders.

Answer 17

160

Question 18

The __________ War, or the Graham-Tewksbury Feud, was between cattlemen and sheepherders in Arizona.

Answer 18

Pleasant Valley

Question 19

The _________ War was a result of cattle rustling.

Answer 19

Johnson County

Question 20

The famous Concord Coaches were built by ___________ and J. Stephen Abbot.

Answer 20

Lewis Downing

Question 21

In 1860 the Pony Express was organized to carry U. S. mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and __________, California.

Answer 21

Sacramento

Question 22

The _________ Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad were the two railroad companies that were chartered to complete the first American transcontinental railroad.

Answer 22

Union

Question 23

Near Ogden, _________, at Promontory Point, a gold spike was driven in the last tie that connected the two railroads.

Answer 23

Utah

Question 24

The ________ Indian Wars began in Minnesota in 1862 and lasted nearly thirty years, costing the United States government over thirty million dollars.

Answer 24

Plain

Question 25

Colonel J. M. Chivington of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry ordered an unprovoked attack on Chief _________ and the defenseless Cheyenne village at Sandy Creek, over 300 Indians.

Answer 25

Black Kettle

Question 26

____________, or “Yellow Hair,” disobeyed direct orders at Little Big Horn and initiated an attack that brought death to 265 men of the 7th Cavalry (including himself).

Answer 26

George Armstrong Custer

Question 27

Colonel J. W. _________, five hundred men, met Chief Big Foot and Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek; during the peace process, fighting erupted and over 200 Indians were killed.

Answer 27

Forsyth

Question 28

General __________, who had lost an arm during the War Between the States, was a Bible-carrying Christian and friend to the Indians.

Answer 28

O. O. Howard

Question 29

Chief Joseph said, “From where the sun now stands I will _______ no more, forever!”

Answer 29

Fight

Question 30

The ________ and ________ are the two tribes of the Southwest that had the greatest impact on American history.

Answer 30

Navajo; Apache

Question 31

The United States Army sent Kit Carson to defeat the _________ Indians.

Answer 31

Navajo

Question 32

The Apache Wars started because _________ was falsely accused of kidnapping a boy.

Answer 32

Cochise

Question 33

Taglito (Red Beard), or Tom Jeffords, was known and trusted by the Apache and became their Indian _________.

Answer 33

Agent

Question 34

The American nomenclature for the redwoods Sequoia, the name of a Cherokee __________ who devised an alphabet for his people.

Answer 34

Indians

Question 35

The _________ is the oldest and most massive Sierra Sequoia; the _________, the second largest tree, was designated by the United States Congress as a national shrine honoring the American war dead.

Answer 35

General Sherman; General Grant

Question 36

Major _________ led the first expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers to explore the Grand Canyon.

Answer 36

John Wesley Powell

Question 37

When Cochise surrendered to Tom Jeffords and General Howard, _________ refused to surrender and evaded capture for fourteen years.

Answer 37

Geronimo